Japanese Voyage

Booking Dates

05/25/2019 through 12/17/2019

Travel Dates

03/16/2019 through 12/20/2019

Provider

Swain Destinations

Japanese VoyageJapan boasts beautiful countryside, massive cities and rich culture. Dive into the historic side as you stop in infamous Hiroshima and visit the Peace Memorial Park and discover the city’s tree-lined boulevards and modern buildings. Marvel at Mt. Fuji on your way to Hakone where you’ll soak in natural hot springs and admire the raw beauty of rural Japan. Set your sights on Tokyo; with a population of over 13 million you definitely won’t forget that you’re fully surrounded by a massive, world-class Asian city. See the best of the metropolis’ and rural regions on this Japanese Voyage.

Hakone

Hakone – An International Tourist Resort The city of Hakone lies nestled in the midst of spectacular Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. More than 20 million tourists from overseas as well as from all over Japan visit Hakone every year, seeking the resplendent enjoyments this famous resort area offers throughout the year.

In order to both encourage and accommodate the growing number of visitors to Hakone, we make every effort to provide them continually with the latest information on the area’s natural wonders and exhaustively strive to improve its accommodation, local transportation and recreational facilities.

Extensive planning has been carefully formulated and put into practice to ensure that improvement of recreational facilities is sustained. Considerable attention has been paid to the preservation of the area’s scenic beauty and of its unique cultural heritage. We are unflagging in the energy we give to these tasks since it is our strong belief that tourism is a principal contributing factor to promoting friendship among the world’s peoples.

Hiroshima

Hiroshima, (hîr´e-shê´me) city (1990 pop. 1,085,677), capital of Hiroshima prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. Founded c.1594, the city is divided by the Ota R. into six islands. A commercial and industrial center, it manufactures ships, motor vehicles, steel, rubber, and furniture. Hiroshima was the target (Aug. 6, 1945) of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city: casualties numbered nearly 130,000 and 90% of the city was leveled. Most of Hiroshima has been rebuilt, but a
gutted area, the “Peace City,” has been set aside as a memorial.

Kyoto

Japan’s capital from 794 – 1869, Kyoto is located on west-central Honshu Island, north of Osaka. It has long been an artistic, cultural and religious center of Japan.

Osaka

The city of Osaka lies in the delta of the Yodo River, which branches out into a network of waterways and canals spanned by more than a thousand bridges, earning Osaka the nickname, “Venice of the East.”

Osaka’s origins date back to the mythological early days of the Japanese empire. Following his legendary odyssey through the inland sea, Emperor Jimmu is said to have landed at the mouth of the Yodo, naming this area Naniwa, which means “rapid waves.”

Osaka is the gateway to all day tours to the cities of Kyoto and Nara.

Tokyo

It’s a city of contrast. Where else do you find demure kimono-clad girls next to slick Elvis impersonators than good old Yoyogi Park? But only on Sundays.

Tokyo will amaze you with its dual personality; its serenity and its brashness. A city of about 20 million people, it is one of the few metropolises where every train is on time. But try to avoid rush hour. You might get pummeled by a sweet old lady on her way to the Sumo matches at the Budokan Hall!

Visit Roppongi for a taste of modern night life; you can even catch a reggae show. And if you’re still awake after that, hop a train to the Tsukiji fish market at 5 a.m. to see one of the most spectacular fish bazaars on earth. Some tuna comes all the way from Montauk, NY. Now that’s a global marketplace!

When you’re ready for a little peace and quiet, you may visit the brilliant Asakusa Shrine, a prime example of Edo-period architecture. Here you may cleanse your spirit, or, of course, shop to your heart’s delight at many of the little stalls lining the small streets leading to the shrine. Otanoshimi ni! Perhaps the greatest urban sprawl in the world, the Tokyo metropolitan. Tokyo began as a tiny fishing village called Edo, and for more than four centuries was ruled by a series of
chieftains and military warlords. A castle was constructed in Edo in 1457, the year officially noted as the founding of the city, and by 1680 it had grown to a population of over a million people. The city received its modern name in 1868 when the Emperor Meihi moved his court to Edo. It now sprawls 55 miles (88.4km) east to west and 15 miles (24km) north to south and covers an area of 2,031 sq. km.

This area is home to some 20 million people. Famous for its extremes; the word’s most crowded trains, the world’s cleanest streets, the world’s most expensive melons, Tokyo nevertheless seems to be characterized by an overlying blandness. Since the 17th century, Tokyo has been divided up between “yamanote” (south and west) and “shitamachi” (north and east). Simply put, uptown has more to do, downtown more to see. Uptown has the high-rises, the nightlife and the
armies of navy-suited salarymen of the Shibuya, Shinjuku and Ikebukuro business areas, while downtown has Tokyo’s oldest area, Asakusa, the city’s great museums and the imperial palace.

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